THE CHILTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Fall Line Hills setting.
Chilton County has 692.8 square miles of land in Alabama. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Chilton County: Fall Line Hills, Southern Inner Piedmont, Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Chilton County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Fall Line Hills65.7%
- Southern Inner Piedmont29.6%
- Southern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys and Low Rolling Hills4.5%
- Southern Shale Valleys0.3%
Piedmont in Chilton County
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Read the regional source ↗Ridge and Valley in Chilton County
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Chilton County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Chilton County, including Calera, Clanton, Jemison. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Chilton County by land and water
The Census records 7.95 square miles of water within Chilton County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Chilton County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chilton County has 118.9 times the land area of nearby Thorsby city (5.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Autauga County, Bibb County, Coosa County, Dallas County, Elmore County, Perry County, Shelby County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

